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The Universe of Genders

October 17, 2024 – 8:29 am

The Bugis of South Sulawesi embody a fascinating alternative to a binary gender framework. They recognise five genders; makkunrai, oroané, bissu, calabai, and calalai. and each is considered essential to the maintenance of balance and harmony in Bugis society. Now our culture identifies seven genders; agender, cisgender, genderfluid, genderqueer, intersex, gender nonconforming, and transgender. I […]

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Merry Yulemas December 23, 2022

December 25, 2023 – 2:57 pm

In August 2021 I woke from sleep and vomited several liters of blood. The next day NYU ER doctors diagnosed my situation as life-threatening. An operation to staunch the bleeding was my only option other than death. The staff wheeled me immediatly to the Operating Room. I was knocked out with Profopol. Michael Jackson had […]

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Re-Alive Again

November 29, 2023 – 8:57 am

In early October I headed north to attend my nephew’s wedding on the South Shore. First time in a year leaving New York. With Jack Haven. I noticed a hospital tag on my bag. Dated 12-27-2022. The day of my liver transplant. Lazurus II wanders the world.

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Everything Versus Nothing – Lazurus II

June 3, 2023 – 5:13 pm

All belief about life disappeared with my first death. Drowning at Adam’s Pond New Hampshire 1962. I’ve died many times Since. Nantasket Beach Ile St. Louis Paris, The East Village South of Doi mae Salong Lanna Thai. Always the same On the other side. Nothingness. Same on the operating table December 23, 2023 Loaded on […]

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Lazurus In My Blood

March 30, 2023 – 12:49 pm

Two summers ago in the black night of Brooklyn I spewed several liters of blood into the bathroom tub. After wiping the retch from my face More blood surged from my body. Something was not right. Something was very wrong. I crossed the East River. Inside the NYU’s emergency room. The staff took one look […]

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